2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race

The Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the L'Institut Équestre National in Avenches near Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 30, 2003. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times,^[1][2] in the Herald,^[3] and for the IAAF.^[4]

Junior men's race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	31st
Date	March 30
Host city	Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Venue	L'Institut Équestre National d'Avenches
Events	1
Distances	7.92 km – Junior men
Participation	121 athletes from 30 nations
← 2002 Dublin 2004 Bruxelles →

Complete results for individuals,^[5][6][7] for teams,^[5][8][9] medallists,^[10] and the results of British athletes who took part^[11] were published.

Race results

Junior men's race (7.92 km)

Individual

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	22:47
	Boniface Kiprop	Uganda	22:49
	Solomon Bushendich	Kenya	22:51
4	Augustine Choge	Kenya	22:55
5	Girma Assefa	Ethiopia	22:58
6	Getachew Dinku	Ethiopia	23:10
7	Moses Mosop	Kenya	23:17
8	Tessema Absher	Ethiopia	23:22
9	Solomon Molla	Ethiopia	23:27
10	Barnabas Kosgei	Kenya	23:45
11	Dehe Woyesha	Ethiopia	24:03
12	Kipkorir Chepkwony	Kenya	24:06
13	James Kibet	Uganda	24:10
14	Simon Tesfai	Eritrea	24:11
15	Tesfaye Mengistu	Ethiopia	24:12
16	Tadesse Abrham	Eritrea	24:14
17	Yassine Mandour	Morocco	24:15
18	Moses Kipsiro	Uganda	24:17
19	Lahoussine Dhame	Morocco	24:26
20	Noureddine Athamna	Algeria	24:29
21	Mohamed Fadil	Morocco	24:36
22	Driss Bensaïd	Morocco	24:38
23	Yegeniy Rybakov	Russia	24:39
24	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	24:50
25	Yassine Abatourab	Morocco	24:51
26	Billy Nelson (athlete)	United States	24:52
27	Isaac Kiprop	Uganda	24:55
28	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	24:59
29	Aïssa Dahmar	Algeria	25:07
30	Mourad Naami	Algeria	25:11
31	Ahmed Khamlaoui	Tunisia	25:13
32	Martin Kiplimo	Uganda	25:14
33	Aleksey Aleksandrov	Russia	25:25
34	Timothy Moore	United States	25:25
35	Anatoliy Rybakov	Russia	25:29
36	Teklit Ketema	Eritrea	25:35
37	Ali Abdalla	Sudan	25:36
38	Jérémy Pierrat	France	25:38
39	Peter Ashak	Sudan	25:40
40	Cristinel Irimia	Romania	25:41
41	Abdalla Abdelgadir	Sudan	25:46
42	Mario van Wayenberghe	Belgium	25:47
43	Mikhail Zhdanov	Russia	25:47
44	Brett Gotcher	United States	25:48
45	Andy Weilacher	United States	25:49
46	James Hower	United States	25:50
47	Aleksey Reunkov	Russia	25:50
48	Tom Humphries	United Kingdom	25:54
49	Ibrahim Sboui	Tunisia	25:56
50	Hamza Djeghima	Algeria	25:56
51	Kurt Benninger	Canada	25:59
52	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	26:01
53	Mohamed El Gayar	Egypt	26:03
54	Ryan McLeod	United Kingdom	26:06
55	Yoan Meudec	France	26:07
56	David Pomies	France	26:10
57	Marco Majori	Italy	26:11
58	Djelloul Aggoun	Algeria	26:11
59	Adam Hortian	Canada	26:13
60	Hamaza Hamid	Sudan	26:14
61	Arkaitz Nogales	Spain	26:15
62	Marius Ionescu	Romania	26:16
63	Bret Schoolmeester	United States	26:17
64	Stefano Cugusi	Italy	26:19
65	Aleksandr Mikhaylov	Belarus	26:19
66	Christopher Berraho	France	26:20
67	Amer Ayyad Helil	Egypt	26:21
68	Joaquin Carlus	Spain	26:23
69	Marc Roig	Spain	26:26
70	Benyoucef Fettah	Algeria	26:26
71	Francisco España	Spain	26:27
72	Braden Novakowski	Canada	26:29
73	Nihat Kaya	Turkey	26:30
74	Craig Appleby	Australia	26:34
75	Ruslan Nasyrov	Uzbekistan	26:39
76	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom	26:44
77	Ahmed El Radi	Sudan	26:45
78	Ali Yaydar Tekgoz	Turkey	26:46
79	Kristjan Hunter	Canada	26:46
80	Alexis Traub	France	26:50
81	Sergey Reunkov	Russia	26:51
82	Kristof Mouton	Belgium	26:53
83	Vitaliy Kolodin	Turkmenistan	26:54
84	Collis Birmingham	Australia	26:55
85	Rolf Rüfenacht	Switzerland	26:57
86	Mohamed Ali Gmati	Tunisia	26:59
87	Yuriy Adnaochka	Belarus	26:59
88	Daniel Fässler	Switzerland	27:02
89	Tsimafei Nedzialevich	Belarus	27:05
90	Ajmal Amirov	Tajikistan	27:05
91	Ahmed Bakry	Egypt	27:10
92	Mathias Büschi	Switzerland	27:11
93	Sam Jacobs	United Kingdom	27:13
94	Claudio Ammann	Switzerland	27:17
95	Matt Loiselle	Canada	27:18
96	Erdal Bucut	Turkey	27:20
97	Gert van Poucke	Belgium	27:21
98	Omar Rached	Italy	27:21
99	Matija Petricevic	Croatia	27:22
100	Slaheddine Chnini	Tunisia	27:23
101	Geoff Kerr	Canada	27:41
102	Nozimjon Irmatov	Tajikistan	27:51
103	Pedro Martins	Portugal	27:52
104	Alejandro González	Spain	27:57
105	Hamdullah Gul	Turkey	28:09
106	Patrick Gentsch	Switzerland	28:11
107	Marat Nizamov	Uzbekistan	28:29
108	Denis Galerin	Belgium	28:47
109	Yodgor Akhmatov	Uzbekistan	28:54
110	Michael Sanchez	Gibraltar	28:57
111	Amir Garifullin	Uzbekistan	28:57
112	Igor Daronin	Belarus	29:05
113	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	29:18
114	Adem Belir	Turkey	31:43
115	Gi Ka Man	Hong Kong	32:07
116	Lee Taylor	Gibraltar	34:17
—	Philippe Le Ferrand	France	DNF
—	Mark Christie	Ireland	DNF
—	Salah Badri	Tunisia	DNF
—	Enea Longo	Italy	DNF
—	José Antonio Molina	Spain	DNF
—	Zaki Hussein	Egypt	DNS

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Kenya Eliud Kipchoge 1 Solomon Bushendich 3 Augustine Choge 4 Moses Mosop 7 (Barnabas Kosgei) (n/s) (Kipkorir Chepkwony) (n/s)	15
	Ethiopia Girma Assefa 5 Getachew Dinku 6 Tessema Absher 8 Solomon Molla 9 (Dehe Woyesha) (n/s) (Tesfaye Mengistu) (n/s)	28
	Uganda Boniface Kiprop 2 James Kibet 10 Moses Kipsiro 14 Isaac Kiprop 22 (Martin Kiplimo) (n/s)	48
4	Morocco Yassine Mandour 13 Lahoussine Dhame 15 Mohamed Fadil 17 Driss Bensaïd 18 (Yassine Abatourab) (n/s) (Mohamed Moustaoui) (n/s)	63
5	Eritrea Simon Tesfai 11 Tadesse Abrham 12 Samson Kiflemariam 20 Teklit Ketema 29	72
6	Algeria Noureddine Athamna 16 Aïssa Dahmar 23 Mourad Naami 24 Hamza Djeghima 40 (Djelloul Aggoun) (n/s) (Benyoucef Fettah) (n/s)	103
7	Russia Yegeniy Rybakov 19 Aleksey Aleksandrov 26 Anatoliy Rybakov 28 Mikhail Zhdanov 35 (Aleksey Reunkov) (n/s) (Sergey Reunkov) (n/s)	108
8	United States Billy Nelson (athlete) 21 Timothy Moore 27 Brett Gotcher 36 Andy Weilacher 37 (James Hower) (n/s) (Bret Schoolmeester) (n/s)	121
9	Sudan Ali Abdalla 30 Peter Ashak 32 Abdalla Abdelgadir 33 Hamaza Hamid 48 (Ahmed El Radi) (n/s)	143
10	France Jérémy Pierrat 31 Yoan Meudec 44 David Pomies 45 Christopher Berraho 52 (Alexis Traub) (n/s) (Philippe Le Ferrand) (DNF)	172
11	Tunisia Ahmed Khamlaoui 25 Ibrahim Sboui 39 Mohamed Ali Gmati 64 Slaheddine Chnini 74 (Salah Badri) (DNF)	202
12	Canada Kurt Benninger 41 Adam Hortian 47 Braden Novakowski 56 Kristjan Hunter 61 (Matt Loiselle) (n/s) (Geoff Kerr) (n/s)	205
13	United Kingdom Tom Humphries 38 Ryan McLeod 43 Tom Lancashire 59 Sam Jacobs 69	209
14	Spain Arkaitz Nogales 49 Joaquin Carlus 53 Marc Roig 54 Francisco España 55 (Alejandro González) (n/s) (José Antonio Molina) (DNF)	211
15	Italy Stefano La Rosa 42 Marco Majori 46 Stefano Cugusi 50 Omar Rachedi 73 (Enea Longo) (DNF)	211
16	Belgium Mario van Wayenberghe 34 Kristof Mouton 62 Gert van Poucke 72 Denis Galerin 77	245
17	Turkey Nihat Kaya 57 Ali Yaydar Tekgoz 60 Erdal Bucut 71 Hamdullah Gul 75 (Adem Belir) (n/s)	263
18	Belarus Aleksandr Mikhaylov 51 Yuriy Adnaochka 65 Tsimafei Nedzialevich 67 Igor Daronin 80	263
19	Switzerland Rolf Rüfenacht 63 Daniel Fässler 66 Mathias Büschi 68 Claudio Ammann 70 (Patrick Gentsch) (n/s) (Fabian Hertner) (n/s)	267
20	Uzbekistan Ruslan Nasyrov 58 Marat Nizamov 76 Yodgor Akhmatov 78 Amir Garifullin 79	291

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result (n/s: nonscorer)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 30 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.^[11]

•  Algeria (6)
•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (4)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Canada (6)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Egypt (3)
•  Eritrea (4)
•  Ethiopia (6)
•  France (6)
•  Gibraltar (2)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (5)
•  Kenya (6)
•  Morocco (6)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (6)
•  Spain (6)
•  Sudan (5)
•   Switzerland (6)
•  Tajikistan (2)
•  Tunisia (5)
•  Turkey (5)
•  Turkmenistan (1)
•  Uganda (5)
• United Kingdom (4)
•  United States (6)
•  Uzbekistan (4)

See also

• 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
• 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
• 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
• 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race